5 FiveLetterWords
Accepted guess Not a possible answer B tier opener

NOSER

NOSER is accepted as a guess but is not on the solver's possible-answer list.

As an opener, it rules out about 96.0% of possible answers.

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Meaning and pronunciation

Noun

An indulgence in nosiness or other curiosity.

“You got your grade back already? Let's have a noser!”

Noun

A punch to the nose.

Source: Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0. Corrections.

Wordle status

A word can be a playable guess without being a possible answer.

Playable guess

Yes

Included in the Wordle guess list used by our tools.

Possible answer

No

The solver does not currently treat this as a possible answer.

Past Wordle answer

Not used yet

No past answer date found.

The possible-answer list is the solver's current list and may change when Wordle adds new answers.

How NOSER performs as a guess

Wordle accepts NOSER as a guess, but the solver does not list it as a possible answer.

Played as an opener, it lands at least one colored tile in 89.8% of games, misses completely in 10.2%, and leaves about 95 possible answers on average.

In the previous complete v5 benchmark, it ranks #1,068 of 14,855 openers, averaging 3.60 guesses in games solved within six turns.

Try your feedback pattern

Tap the tiles to match your feedback, then see the ranked follow-up guesses.

All gray? Tap a tile to cycle gray → yellow → green.

Useful pattern pages

If you only know part of the word, start with one of these matching patterns.

N___R N in the 1st position and R in the 5th position N__E_ N in the 1st position and E in the 4th position _O__R O in the 2nd position and R in the 5th position

Try next

PLAIT DEALT TRAIL TRACE SHALT GIANT
Words starting with N Words ending with R

First-turn measures

5.36 Entropy (bits)
95 Avg remaining
0.0% Exact match
96.0% Avg ruled out

As an opener: v5 benchmark

How NOSER performed in the previous complete opener benchmark, against its captured answer snapshot. These research figures are separate from today's solver recommendations. See the data page for the method.

3.60 Avg guesses
100.0% Win rate
0.70 Volatility
#1,068 v5 opener rank
In the complete v5 snapshot, NOSER ranks #1,068 of 14,855 openers by average guesses in games solved within six.
1 guess
0
2 guesses
85
3 guesses
972
4 guesses
1,108
5 guesses
174
6 guesses
14

Composition

5/5 unique
2 vowels
Common:
ENORS

Feedback chances

Any hit (G/Y)
90%
Green tile
30%
All gray
10%

Feedback distribution

116 possible patterns. Top outcomes:

241
216
133
132
120
116
91
85
80
70
65
57
54
46
45
38
34
34
32
31
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28
28
27
25
22
21
21
19

Quick reference

Largest feedback groups after playing NOSER:

10% chance
Suggested:
PLAIT
9% chance
Suggested:
DEALT
6% chance
Suggested:
TRAIL

Follow-ups for common patterns

Ranked follow-up guesses for the 10 most common feedback patterns.

10.2% →
PLAIT 5.60 bits
9.2% →
DEALT 5.68 bits
5.6% →
TRAIL 5.20 bits
5.6% →
TRACE 4.85 bits
5.1% →
SHALT 5.40 bits
4.9% →
GIANT 5.00 bits
3.9% →
SHALT 5.01 bits
3.6% →
MOLDY 4.04 bits
3.4% →
PALET 3.51 bits
3.0% →
BLOAT 5.01 bits

Letter-value totals

Base letter-value totals for NOSER; these do not show whether either game accepts the word.

Scrabble

N1O1S1E1R1
Total: 5 points

Words With Friends

Total: 6 points

Scores shown are base values without double/triple letter or word bonuses.